Chapter 2: Preparing for Winter

As soon as Lao Qian woke up, he heard the noise of the north wind outside the window.

"Click, click, click...", feeling that it was not too early, Lao Qian slowly sat up, and the old bed board also made a clicking sound.

"Huh..." Old Qian opened the curtains next to the bed, looked at the scenery outside the window, and found that it was still dark outside the window.

Because of the northerly terrain, the nights are extraordinarily long in winter.

"It's going to be winter, so I have to tell everyone to prepare something for winter. Old Qian stared out the window and whispered softly.

After finishing speaking, Lao Qian lifted the quilt and moved his legs to the side of the bed, and slowly stood up after putting his feet into the slippers, and saw that Xuyan who was sleeping on the other bed was still sleeping, so he closed the curtains again, walked out of the room and closed the door in a low voice.

"Squeak... Leaving the room, Lao Qian walked to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, picked up a towel, and prepared to wash his face, so that he was sober and sober.

But when he finished washing the towel and wiping his face, he was a little sluggish, looked at himself in the mirror, and inadvertently sighed: "Time flies so fast." ”

"Smack.." As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Qian put the towel into the pool, recalling his youth, his family, his village, and his relatives at that time.

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and he has also guarded this village for decades, this village has no name since its inception, but because it is windy all year round, people name it "Valley of the Wind", which sounds like a very simple two words, but it inherits the oath of thousands of years of human beings.

"Click..."In the time when Lao Qian was thinking about the past, he suddenly heard the sound of opening the door from inside the house, and he knew that it was Xuyan who woke up.

"Boss~" The sleepy-eyed Xuyan got up in her pajamas and walked to the hall and shouted.

"'Click...'What's wrong, Xuyan. Lao Qian hurriedly opened the door of the bathroom and said to Xu Yan.

"I want to go to the toilet. Xu Yan rubbed her eyes and said to Lao Qian.

Lao Qian washed the towel, wrung out the water, hung it on the shelf next to it, and said, "Use it." With that, Lao Qian walked out of the bathroom.

After Xuyan entered the bathroom, Lao Qian began to prepare breakfast, which is very simple, just some porridge with a little pickled vegetables can be used as a hearty breakfast.

After Lao Qian prepared breakfast, he found that Xu Yan had returned to bed and fallen asleep again, so Lao Qian looked at the time, it was 6:54 in the morning.

"It's still early... Let's sit down again. With that, Lao Qian sat down on the sofa next to him and sat down quietly.

Speaking of Lao Qian's life experience, their family is a family that has been passed down from generation to generation, the village chief naming system here is very simple, the previous generation of village chief thinks that who can be qualified for the next generation of village chief, you can name him as a candidate for village head, and the naming must be announced to everyone at the time of the assembly, otherwise it will not work, and Lao Qian's family, from generation to generation, is almost the village head, not because of the communiqué private pocket, but their clan is very responsible, willing to pay for this village, so it has always been the village head.

Regarding Lao Qian's family, his mother died of illness when he was in his thirties, because the physical therapy conditions in the village were not good at that time, but in those days it was in a huge snowstorm, so the condition could not be treated, and when he arrived at the hospital, his mother was already dying, and in the end, he died of a minor illness without being rescued, which made Lao Qian, who had always liked blizzard days, become a little disgusted with the blizard weather.

As for his father, because he was in good health since he was a child, he lived until he was over 90 years old, and he reluctantly left the two brothers, and what Lao Qian was most impressed by was what his father said to him and his younger brother before he died: "Take care of this village, this is the wish of generations of ancestors." ”

He still remembered these words vividly, as if his father was still in front of him, grasping his delicate arm with his rough palm and reciting it to him word by word.

"Click... Click... "The alarm clock in the house is walking minute by minute, this is when he was eighteen years old, her mother and father went to the city to buy him a gift, he still uses it, the quality of this alarm clock is also good, once used, decades have passed, the alarm clock is still walking, and the time is almost the same."

Soon, the wind outside was significantly lighter, because Lao Qian had been here for decades, and he was very familiar with the weather here, and the weather here would be good for a while before winter, and I don't know if it was God's favor so that they could have time to prepare for winter so that they could meet the next cold winter.

"It's time to go. Old Qian got up and picked up the cotton coat that hung by the door.

"Click... As soon as he opened the door, the north wind blew in, instantly cooling the room a few degrees, Lao Qian hurriedly walked out of the house and closed the door, because he knew that Xuyan was still sleeping, he didn't want Xuyan to catch a cold, after cooking, he added a lot of firewood to the stove, hoping to give Xuyan a warm sleeping environment.

"Squeak... Squeak..."The quiet environment in the snow, except for the sound of the wind, the rest is the sound of Old Money's boots stepping on the snow.

"Knock knock!" Old Qian knocked on the door of someone else's house.

"Who?" Soon, a man answered the door.

"It's me, old money. Old Qian said in his old voice.

"Oh, I'll open the door for you right away. The man in the room said hurriedly.

"No, I'm going to go to the next one, let's get ready, I'm going to the forest next door to prepare things for the winter, and I'm ready to meet in the assembly hall when the time comes." With that, the old money left.

In this way, Lao Qian talked about the past door to door.

"Whew... After almost going door-to-door, Lao Qian also found that his physical strength was not as good as before, and even began to worry about whether he could complete the journey in the waiting winter, and if he wanted to be helped back, it would be a shame, but he hoped to set an example for the people in the village, so he planned to grit his teeth and insist and walk towards the assembly hall.

Soon after, people gathered in the assembly hall, there were about a dozen people, old and young, and after Lao Qian roughly counted the number of people, they set off, and what do you need to prepare for winter?

In winter, the weather is extremely cold, and it is inevitable that they will encounter snowstorms, so they have prepared dry food at home, and in order to keep warm, the stove is a necessary tool to keep warm, so they came out this time mainly to collect firewood, if they can find some food, it is better, if the first person is willing to divide equally, you can share it with everyone, if you don't want to, you can enjoy it exclusively, after all, it is also a 1 in 10,000 possibility to find food, so every time at this time, what everyone hopes is to meet their lucky day and find some food。

As for how they ate it, it may be a bit unreasonable, in the middle of the valley, there is a cave, the cave is capped by ice, the cave miraculously maintains the environment of a greenhouse, the sun shines through the ice into the cave, so people cultivate the soil underneath, and plant crops in the cave, and even the water does not need to be watered, because the ice melted by the sun turns into water, and drop by drop slowly drops on the crops, but unfortunately the cave is not so big, so the annual output is also very small, but it is completely enough to feed a dozen households。

As for animal husbandry, there are very few animals to survive here, except for the occasional bear encounter in the forest on the side, there is nothing to raise, because a snowstorm will bury everything overnight, and the village is no exception, so after every blizzard, everyone comes out of the roof, and some young and strong young people are responsible for clearing out a "sheep intestine path" in the village.

The situation in many villages is described, and they have already reached the woods.

"It's still the same, I took a team to the left side of the forest to explore, Qian Lao Er took a team to the right side of the forest to explore, find something to eat, share what you want, and keep it for yourself if you don't want to, it's nothing embarrassing to be embarrassed about, it's not easy for everyone to live, the last point, don't get out of the team, there have been bears in this forest, okay, let's act." At such a time, Lao Qian can still show a lot of leadership style.

"Hey, let's go, some people come with me. Saying that, Qian Lao Er said loudly to them.

In this way, a dozen people were divided into two squads.

And obviously, there are more young people who follow Lao Qian, because Qian Lao Er whispered to other young people on the road: "The boss has not been in good health recently, if you wait for the next detachment, remember to follow him." ”

And Lao Qian also knew, because usually he and Qian Lao Er always walked in the front, but this time, Qian Lao Er walked behind, whispering with other young people, he probably guessed what it meant.

After walking a short distance, they found trees that seemed to be dead, and the older generation in the village had planted a lot of these "apple trees" in this forest, as for why they should be colonized, because this kind of book is not an ordinary apple tree, these seeds were given by God at that time, and this kind of apple tree, after planting, is also very different from ordinary apple trees.

As for the difference between this kind of apple tree and ordinary apple trees, the old man who walked in front left a branch and was about to explain to a group of young people behind.

"Do you know the origin of this village? Lao Qian turned to the young man behind him and said, and when the young man saw Lao Qian stop, they all stopped in unison.

"I know that my father told me that it was a covenant made by God and our ancestors that led to this village. A stout young man said.

"Very well, but have your parents told you what kind of tree it is?" said Lao Qian, pointing to the "apple tree" on the side, and the group of people stopped talking.

"It just so happens that I came out early this time, and I still have some time, so I'll tell you about it. As he spoke, Lao Qian told them about the origin of this tree.

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